Oh no, they didn't! Looks like Android is getting served, and Microsoft is encouraging some serious playa-hatin' with the promise of a free phone. Oh yes, they did.

Ben Rudolph is all up in Android's grill on Twitter--the Microsoft Windows Phone "evangelist" is offering to give away Windows phones to folks who share the best Android malware horror stories on Twitter with the hash tag #droidrage. Another tweet from Microsoft's official feed seems to confirm that the contest is legit. Damn, the smartphone wars are getting hella-harsh, bro.

No word on exactly what type of Windows phone is being given away, but the Droid haters have been happy to oblige anyhow, like this dis from Lee Whittington:

Owning a Droid is like an exwife. Good 4 a little while then keeps u angry the rest of ur (marriage) till its over. #droidrage

Of course, not everyone is taking the contest seriously. One of my favorite responses comes from Peter Willington, who tweeted:

One time I was walking through the desert on Tatooine, talking on my mobile when R2D2 mugged me. #DroidRage Do I get my free phone now?

Clever, Peter, but clearly your problem has nothing to do with the phone--it's more likely that the other Android in your scenario hasn't had a firmware update in three decades! Admittedly though, R2D2 and C3PO both have kind of a "metro" feel to them...

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Crave freelancer Eric Mack is a writer, radio producer, and podcaster based in Taos, N.M., but he lives in Google+. He's also managing editor of Crowdsourcing.org and has written e-books on both Alaska and Android. E-mail Eric.
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